[governance] CIVIL SOCIETY MEDIA GUIDELINES TUNIS2005

[Ronda Hauben]

What is happening doesn't change the fact that views put forward in the 
name of the governance caucus represents a very small set of people and 
doesn't encourage discussion of even issues like the need to have good 
online processes available so people who can't afford to go to the WSIS 
activities can participate in some meaningful way.

perhaps there should be the effort to acknowledge that the governance
caucus are actually the views of only a small set of people, and
that there is a need to have a broader set of views available
rather than representing this limited set of views as the views
of a larger set of people.

I am still proposing that there be some way to open up the processes
of this caucus and mailing list, rather than continuing to claim
that the small set of people, most of whom have been able to go
to previous WSIS meetings, are representative of something larger
than themselves.

So presenting a narrow set of views as the views of those who
have tried to participate is a problem.

Perhaps there should be some means to make clear that
the views being presented are the views of only a few people,
and that there are other views, and that there be some means
that other views are encouraged to be discussed and mentioned.

Ronda

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Lee McKnight wrote:

> No offense to anyone, and yes this is home-team boosterism, but I think
> politically it would be good for CS to have a US critic as one of its
> spokespeople, undercuting the easy US media line re this is just about
> the rest of the world grabbing the net.   And Milton can act
> diplomatically if called upon to do so. I'm sure he and others will be
> talking to the media in their individual or organizational capactities
> outside of the official CS slots anyway.
>
> So put my two cents on Milton for one of the two slots....am I outbid?
> ; )
>
> Lee
>
> Prof. Lee W. McKnight
> School of Information Studies
> Syracuse University
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>
>>>> Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> 11/3/2005 2:07 PM >>>
> At 12:55 03-11-05  -0500, Avri Doria wrote:
>
>> On 3 nov 2005, at 12.19, Veni Markovski wrote:
>>
>>> (note that Adam and J. are both Europeans)
>>
>> sort of. Adam lives in Japan and works for a Japanese employer
>
> Avri,
> without going into a discussion. Yes, you are right. But that's known
> to not so many of the governments and media. And two, his English is,
> I am afraid, still quite British English...
>
> So, again - since Jeanette suggested first Adam and Milton; I thought
> that's OK.
> Now someone said, Jeanette and Adam. That's still fine. I was just
> making a point, that if Jeanette wanted to be there, she could have
> said so. Why are we making such a big argument? Let the three of them
> talk to each other and come with a 2-people slot.
>
> veni
>
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